Comments on: Independent on Sunday 1162/Glow-worm

By: Pierre

Pierre — Sun, 03 Jun 2012 12:05:46 +0000

‘To peacock’ as a verb is indeed in my SOED, so I’ll withdraw my criticism of 7dn. Thanks, Wanderer, for the correct parsing of 5dn. I’ve amended the blog.

By: Wanderer

Wanderer — Sun, 03 Jun 2012 10:01:23 +0000

The one I didn’t have the courage to enter after parsing, until I had all the crossers, was TRUISM. Never come across that usage of bromide, so thanks for your explanation.

My first officer at 1ac was a Colonel, which gave me U in COL+IS — COULIS. I spent some time wondering how to equate a fruity sauce with a bent until the penny dropped.

Nicely misdirected by 3d, INTERVENE, where I thought the def was Step in time (a dance step?) and the fodder was EVE N ERINS. No wonder I couldn’t make it work for a while.

I think 5d needs an extra S from Special in the anagram fodder, with version on its own as the indicator.

Enjoyed this one, so many thanks to Pierre and Glowworm.

By: nmsindy

nmsindy — Sun, 03 Jun 2012 09:07:37 +0000

Thanks, Pierre, and Glow-worm. I was happy with genius = bent tho it took me quite a while to see it. I thought it was rather good actually. I also think STRUT is fine as I think it’s referring to the verb ‘peacock’ which is in dicts.

By: flashling

flashling — Sun, 03 Jun 2012 05:06:53 +0000

re 1ac I’ve come across “he’s got a bent for” == “he’s excellent at” == “he’s a genius at” but I agree it’s very tenuous to put it mildly.

By: Dormouse

Dormouse — Sat, 02 Jun 2012 23:23:39 +0000

The top left corner of this defeated me, and I agree, I don’t think I’d ever think of “genius” to mean “bent or vice versa. As to 9ac, I too thought of “northern” but didn’t have the courage to enter it.